Rail-clip



C. PAFF.

RAIL CLIP.

APPLlcATloN FILED Juni-:12. 191e.

1,330,277. l Peteeeed Feb.10,1920.

oHARLEs Parr, or iinwi YORK, `NY.

RAIL-cm?,

Lasoyavv.

4.To all whom 'it may concern.' f

Be it known that I, CHARLES Parr, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, havey invented a certain newand useful improvement in Rail-Clips, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact specification. Y v

This invention relates toa class ofdevices adapted to be used in conjunction with carv rails. p I

My invention has for its object primarily to provide a device or clip designed to'be employed for fastening rails on railway ties without the use of bolts and the like, and whichis especially adapted to be utilized for fastening rails on the form of metallic tie disclosed in my pending application, serially numbered 235,822, filed May 21, 1918.

The invention contemplates mainly thepro# vision of a clamping element ofl substantially a T-shape which is adapted to be inserted through an opening in the above mentioned tie whereby one of its longitudinal arms will be disposed'in overlapping engagement on part of one of the edges of the base-flange of the tie and whereby the second longitudinal arm of thefclamping element will be spaced above thetieas-well as being in alined opposed spaced relation to the overhanging longitudinal arm of a lug of substantially an inverted L-shape which protrudes upwardly from thetie. On the lower end of thevertical arm of the clamping element is a rightangularly protruding extension member or lug arranged 'so `as to engage the kunderside of the base-flange of the rail, and associated with the clamping element is a key element adapted to bein- `v serted between the tie and the second' longitudinal arm of the clamping element as well as being between the tie and its L-shaped lug so as to cause the clamping element toY be locked for locking the rail on'the tie.

With these and other objects in view the invention will be hereinafter more particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and will then be pointed out in theY claim at the end of the description.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a fragmentary view showing a top plan of a metallic tie and a car rail and the manner of using a Specification of vLetters ilatlentfl raeeateareb. io, 192e.

' Application mea .mie 12,1918.' seriaimzaatva Y number of my improved clips for'fastening therai-lon the tie. L f .i Y

F ig. 2vis a' detail sectional viewpartly in elevation, taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.-

- Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 4 is anenl'arged view showing a rail and one of the clips-in perspective asv-associated together. V

'V-The 'device or clip has a clamping element l0 and a key or locking elementrll adapted to cooperate for fastening a car rail', as 12, on a metallic tie,"as 13, which is preferably of a form disclosed in my hereinbeforel named" pending application for a patent therefor, the tievhaving in the top plate, kas 111,- of each of its'membe'rjl and 16 two openings, as 17 and 18, andthe openings of each pair are spaced apart at distances co'r-V responding to the width of the base-flange of the rail so V-that the parts" of thepmembers ofthe ltie between these openings vwill accommodate the base-flange. Protruding .uplwardly from the'top plate'of each member of the tief18 asa partof .theedge of each of the openingsv which are in spaced opposed relationto the vbase-flange of the vrail `isa lug, as 20, of substantially an'inverted-L f shape so that thelongitudinal arm .21I of Yeach lug is spaced above thetop/plates .of`v

the members of the tie and so that ythe free edge of the longitudinal arm is Ydisposed to- Vward the rail in overhanging 'arrangement above the openings.

. lThe clamping'element 10 is preferably of substantially a T-shape-to provide avertical are disposed':longitudinally in opposite-directions 'from the top of the vertical arm. The lvertical arm 22of the T-shaped clamp! ing element is' of a slightly greater length than the combined thickness of thev top plat-e 1li of each of the members 15 and 16 of the ktie and the base-flange 19 of the rail, and the A, longitudinal arm 23 of the clamping element is preferably somewhat' wider than the lon,- gitudinal arm 211. The vertical arm 22 of the clamping element is adapted to be Vdisposed through one of the openings 1.7 and 18 of one of the members of the'tie in close juxtaposition to the base-flange of the rail so that the longitudinal arm 23l of the clamping element is in overhanging'engagement on the top of the basefflange of the rail. 4Protruding rightangularly from the lower varm 22`and-two alined arms 23 and 24 which l end of the vertical arm 22 in a direction similar to the projection of the arm 23 is an extension member or lug 25 which is adapted to closely engage the underside of the top' plate of the member of the tie When the Vertical arm of the clamping element is disposed in one of theopenings 17 and 18. `When the clamping element is thus airanged on the tie and rail the arm 24 of the clamping element will bein spaced opposition to one of the lugs 20 of the tie, and the locking element 11 is then employed to lock the clamping element to the tie. f The key or locking element 11 has a subf stantially rectangular body part or plate 26 which is wedgershaped and somewhat longer. than the lengths of the lugs 20 of the tie as well as being somewhat longer than the Yclamping element, and this Abody part or plateis of a thickness so as to it snugly in the space between the top plate of the member of the tie to which it is applied and the lng V20 of the tie and arm 24 'of the clamping element. One end of the rectangular plate 26 is bent upwardly in the ffashion of ak hook, vas 27, which is Vformed'so that its entrance will accommodate one end yof the arm 24 ofthe clamping element as vwell as accommodating one end of the longitudinal arm 21 of the lug 20, .the freeY end of the vihook 27 thus being adapted to be disposed in overlapping arposed in each of the'openings of the tieso that the vertical"arm'22 of each clamping velement protrudes through one of the openings, yand each clamping element is also arthereof.

ranged so'that its arm 23 will overlap the base-flange of the rail, While the arm 25 of v each clamping element engages the part of tiietop plate of the tie which isunder the rail. Ilhe locking element 11 of the clip is then applied by lforcing its plate 26 between thev top plate of the tie and the arm 2l'rofrthe clamping element as well as between the top plate the arm 21 ofthe lng 20 of the tie so that one of the ends `of the arm 2a and arm 21 will be clamped in the hook 27 of the locking element, as lshown in Fig. 4l, the lng 20 being the one in opposed relation to the clamping element. Thus l provide a simple and eflicient clip wherebyV railwayrails may be effectually fastened on the metallic tie.

1n the foregoing description I have embodied the preferred form of my invention,

but 1 do not wish to be understood as limiting myself thereto, as I am aware that mod-U`4 ifications may be made rtherein without Vdepartingfrom the principle or sacrificing any ofl the' advantages of this invention, therefore 1 reserve to myself the right to .make the scope such changes as fairly fall within Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patenti-V In a rail clip, a platey adapted toVv be removably inserted under Vone of thecross-arms of a substantially T-sh'aped clampingelement as Welly as under a bentl lug provided on a metallic tie when the cross-arm oftheelement andthe liigare in opposition, Vand a hook shaped Vmembervon one end ofthe vplate for ena 1Key element comprising gagingithe Vlug and the cross-arm of they clamping element. V Y y v In testimonywhereof 1 affix my signature in the presenceof two witnesses.

CHARLES PA'FF.VVV

Witnesses Josnrn H. Woon, A L. L. Mmmooii. Y 

